Cape Floral Kingdom: Lupfumo lwa Mvelo lwa Afrika Tshipembe
vhufa ha Afrika Tshipembe

Cape Floral Kingdom: Lupfumo lwa Mvelo lwa Afrika Tshipembe

 Cape Floral Kingdom ndi yone ṱhukhu kha mivhuso ya zwimela kha ḽifhasi, nahone ndi yone fhedzi ine ya vha yo fhelela nga ngomu ha shango ḽithihi.

I wanala tshipembe vhukovhela ha Afurika, fhethu hayo hu ṱoḓa u lingana na Portugal.

Dzingu ndi haya ha tshaka dza zwimela dza 8,600, 5,800 dza hone a dzi wanali huṅwe fhethu kha Ḽifhasi.

Naho huna uri hu khavara 0.04% ya mavu kha ḽifhasi, fhethu uhu hu vha ho ḓala 0.7% ya tshaka dza zwimela kha ḽifhasi.

Cape Peninsula, ine ya vha ṱhukhu u fhira ḓorobo ya London, i ḓihudza nga tshaka nnzhi dza zwimela u fhira British Isles yoṱhe.

Muvhuso hoyu wa maluvha wo ṱanḓavhudza bannda ḽo vuleaho ḽine ḽa vha 200 km nga ngomu shangoni, ḽi tshi khou bva Clanwilliam uya Humansdorp (tsini na Port Elizabeth), na vhulapfu vhune ha swika 1000 km.

Tshipiḓa tshihulwane tsha fhethu afha tsho fukedziwa nga *fynbos*, ine ya imela 80% ya tshaka nahone i dzhia zwipiḓa zwiṋa kha zwiṱanu zwa fhethu hoṱhe.

Vhadzulapo vha u thoma vha Dutch vho i vhidza *fijnbosch*—zwine zwa amba “fine little bush”—naho vhukuma vho vha vha tshi khou ṱoḓa matanda a u fhaṱa na mapfura.

  Musi fynbos i tsini, i dzumbulula lunako lwayo lwa vhukuma: dzi protea, dzi orchid, dzi lilies, maṱari a penyaho, na pollen ine ya kunga zwikhokhonono na zwiṋoni.

Hu dovha hafhu ha vha na zwivhumbwa zwiṱuku zwo khetheaho, u bva kha zwikhokhonono u ya kha ṋowa ṱhukhu na zwiḓula zwi sa anzeli u wanala.

Naho zwo ralo, zwinwe zwimela zwi wanala fhethu huthihi fhedzi-u fana na Knersvlakte kana zwikwama zwiṱuku zwa Cape Peninsula.

Mushumo wa u fhaṱa kana na tsimu nthihi ya nḓirivhe ya Sauvignon Blanc zwi nga ita uri dzi fhele tshoṱhe.

Nga mulandu wa hezwi zwa “u wanala hanefha fhedzi ,” tshaka dzine dza fhira 1,400 dzo khethekanywa sa dzine dza vha khomboni khulwane.

Tshaka dza 29 dzo no xela lwa tshoṱhe, na zwipiḓa zwiraru kha zwimela zwo ṅwaliwaho kha South Africa’s Red Data Book zwi wanala nga ngomu ha heyi Cape Floral Kingdom.